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Monthly Archives: September 2022
Shabbat Shuva & the Torah portion of Vayelech: Shabbat of Passion with Moses and his Fitbit – שבת שובה = שבת תשוקה
It is a Shabbat of motion, the Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur; Shabbat after and before fasting. Rabbi Kook explained that the Hebrew word for fasting, tzom, is the beginning of the word tzomet, crossroads, a place to … Continue reading
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Teshuva as a Love Story: 3 pieces for the Torah portion of Nitzvaim & Rosh Hashana 5783
תשובה כסיפור אהבה: 3 קטעים לשבת פרשת ניצבים וראש השנה את פרשת השבוע, פרשת “ניצבים” שנקראת גם פרשת התשובה, תמיד קוראים לקראת הימים הנוראים. באופן מעורר השראה, היא מדברת על בחירה, על שותפות, על נצחיות, על מסע ארוך ועל תשובה … Continue reading
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The Blessing of (many) Shoes – Ki Tavo
The Torah portion of Ki Tavo (“when you come [to the Land”]) opens with the commandment of the Bikurim, the first-fruit, which is described, with great joy, in the passage we read every year in the Passover Haggadah and comes … Continue reading
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Ki Tetze and a few of its 74 mitzvot – כי תצא וקצת מ-74 המצוות שבה
פרשת השבוע, “כי תצא” מובילה עם הכי הרבה מצוות שיש לנו בפרשה אחת – 74! והן נוגעות לכל היבט בחיים. המדרש (דברים רבה ו:ג) מתאר את זה כך: This week’s Torah portion, “Ki Tetze” leads with the most mitzvot … Continue reading
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The Torah portion of Shoftim: ‘Found Elul, found good’
פרשת השבוע השבוע, פרשת שופטים, פותחתב“שֹׁפְטִ֣ים וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗ים תִּֽתֶּן־לְךָ֙ בְּכָל־שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ”… (דברים טז:יח), והסביר החיד”א (הרב חיים יוסף דוד אֲזוּלַאי 1724-1806) בספרו, “נחל קדומים”, ש”יש לאדם כמה שערים, כמו שער הראות, שער השמע, שער הריח, שער הדיבור ושער המישוש וצריך שיעשה אדם בעצמו דיין על … Continue reading
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